Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 6

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 6
Publication Number	Mémoires 35 no. 006
Current Location	Paris, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status	published

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty:
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	archaeological excavation Certainty:
Date of Discovery Term. Ante / Post Quem Non	between 4 3 1907 and
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Certainty:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	excavation finds

Object Type	ostracon
Range of Preservation	complete
Mounting	(unknown)
Comments on Object	Mesurements and remarks from publication. Lozachmeur: cv:7.5YR7/2 and 10YR7/3-4; cc:5YR6/6 and 7/4; edge 5YR7/6.

Localization of Text on Object	concave (inside)
Text-Localization, Addendum	cc perpendicular.
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
Script, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Comments on Handwriting	Lozachmeur hand Ia.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+7

Modern Title	Inscription on Sherd
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	Fragmentary missive.
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Woman Man
Comment on Gender	Lozachmeur warns against reading this as evidence of polygamy (Mémoires 35, p. 180). Note
Religion	unknown

Transcription

Translation

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¹Mémoires 35: 1. [...]אלה [...] 2. [...]אהוה ע[ל...] 3. [...]◦ נשהי לה [...]

¹ Mémoires 35: 1. [...]אלה [...] 2. [...]אהוה ע[ל...] 3. [...]◦ נשהי לה [...]

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x+1	[...]◦ to him/her[...]
x+2	[...] I shall be on [...]
x+3	[...]◦ a women (?), she belongs to him/her[...]¹So too Lemaire, "Review," 179.

¹ So too Lemaire, "Review," 179.

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Places (read out from edition)

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
27th dynasty					;

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DatasetID	312890
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	James D. Moore (collated from picture and reedited)
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 312890 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 6), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore (collated from picture and reedited).